The IFP had undertaken bioclimatic, ecological and vegetational studies of various regions of South and South-East Asia. For India, maps of vegetation and ecological conditions were published in the same form adopted for the whole world in the “International Map of Vegetation and Environmental Conditions” series. Twelve maps at 1:1,000,000 scale were published, covering peninsular India and part of the Indo-Gangetic plains. Each map is accompanied by six inset maps at 1:5,000,000 scale giving information on 1) Administrative divisions and hypsometry; 2) Geology and lithology; 3) Soils; 4) Bioclimates; 5) Vegetation types and 6) Agriculture. The twelve maps were published between 1961 and 1978. The Rajasthan map covers an area of 229,560-sqkms and lies between 24o and 28o latitude north and 72o to 77o longitude east. It is the northward extension of the previous maps entitled “Kathiawar” and “Satpura Mountains”. The map mainly covers Rajasthan and some parts of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Harayana.